Today, Avatar News announced that actress Thalia Tran had been cast as the non-bending knife-throwing assassin Mai in Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender. Many fans noticed the actress was followed and followed back by cast members of the series during production, including director Michael Goi and executive producer Ryan Halprin. In April, Werner/Dale Management also […]
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‘Pocahontas’ Voice Actress Irene Bedard Joins ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ on Netflix
Today, Avatar News revealed that actress Irene Bedard joined the cast of Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender. She is best known for voicing Pocahontas in the classic 1995 animated film by Disney. Though she has also appeared recently in both Westworld, The Mist and Ralph Breaks the Internet. She is of Iñupiat and French Canadian/Cree […]
Meegwun Fairbrother & Nathaniel Arcand Join Netflix’s ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ as Avatar Kuruk & Chief Arnook
Today, a recent listing on IMDB and later the actor confirmed on Instagram that longtime actor Natheninal Arcand had joined the cast of Avatar: The Last Airbender on Netflix. Arcand is best known for appearing on FBI: Most Wanted, as well as The Revenant and Longmire. He is of Indigenous Cree descent living in Canada. […]
Joel Montgrand Boards Netflix’s ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ as Hakoda of the Water Tribe
Today, actor Joel Montgrand confirmed on his Instagram that he has indeed joined the cast of Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender. This comes off a recent IMDB submission that the actor would be playing Hakoda, father of Katara and Sokka and chief of the Southern Water Tribe. We at Knight Edge Media speculated actor was […]
James Sie Returns as The Cabbage Merchant in Netflix’s ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’
Today, our friends over Avatar News have confirmed that voice-actor James Sie will return to play the live-action version of The Cabbage Merchant from the original Avatar: The Last Airbender animated series. We at Knight Edge Media speculated in March that he could appear in the Netflix series based on his secret trip to Vancouver […]
Netflix’s ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ Taps Utkarsh Ambudkar As King Bumi (EXCLUSIVE)
Today, we at Knight Edge Media can exclusively confirm that actor & singer Utkarsh Ambudkar also joined the cast of Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender TV Series. He is best known for appearing in Pitch Perfect, Free Guy, and Ghosts on CBS. Ambudkar will have a guest star appearance in the series as King Bumi, […]
Danny Pudi Joins Netflix’s ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ as The Mechanist
Today, our friends over at Avatar News announced Danny Pudi was cast as The Mechanist in Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender series. This lines up with our previous report from December that his paraplegic son Teo would appear in the series and the streaming service was looking for someone of South Asian descent in the […]
Netflix’s ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ Reunites Rainbow Dickerson With Star Kiawentiio (EXCLUSIVE)
Today, we at Knight Edge Media can exclusively announce that actress Rainbow Dickerson will appear in a recurring role on Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender TV series. She is best known for co-starring in the critically acclaimed Indigenous indie film Beans alongside her on-screen daughter Kiawentiio (Katara). She will appear in episode 3 and episode […]
Netflix Wants ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ and ‘One Piece’ To Become Their Next ‘Stranger Things’
Amidst multiple rounds of layoffs and plummeting stock prices, streaming service Netflix is looking towards the future with the release of their next to last season of Stranger Things. The original 80s sci-fi horror project made waves when it first appeared on the series in 2016. Now the streaming service wants to find its own […]
Joel Oulette & Taio Gélinas Also Join Netflix’s ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ As Water Tribe Members
Last week’s production concluded on Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender. While many roles have yet to be announced on the ultra-secretive show, many Indigenous actors have been revealed to have joined the cast as Northern Water Tribe members. We also learned that Amber Midthunder and A Martinez would star in the series as Princess Yue […]